#272EA6#272EA6

#272EA6 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.187 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#272EA6
RGB	rgb(39, 46, 166)
HSL	hsl(237, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(237, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.5%, 72.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.12, 39.41, -64.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.12, 75.77, 301.34°)
OKLab	oklab(38.82% 0.0041 -0.1873)
OKLCH	oklch(38.82% 0.187 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6943, 5.1376, 36.6024)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#272EA6 #A69F27

analogous

#276DA6 #272EA6 #6027A6

triadic

#272EA6 #A6272E #2EA627

tetradic

#272EA6 #A6276D #A69F27 #27A660

square

#272EA6 #A6276D #A69F27 #27A660

split-complementary

#272EA6 #A66027 #6DA627

monochromatic

#101343 #1B2074 #272EA6 #3A42D1 #6B71DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#272EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#272EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #272EA6

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##272EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##272EA6	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003AA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #272ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(39, 46, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.187 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7768c2',
    500: '#272ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #272ea6;
$custom-light: #7768c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#272ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 39,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.693,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38816,
    "c": 0.18737,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#272EA6

secondary

#C3BE66

accent

#DC43E5

background

#F7F6FC

surface

#EEEBF8

border

#C9C6D1

text

#0A0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #272EA6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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